Practical points in the management of some of the diseases of children / by I.N. Love.

Date:
1891
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    Hare suggests in the severest cases the use very guardedly of inhalations of nitrite of amyl, two or three drops upon the hand or handkerchief of the at- tendant, placed in position to be breathed with an admixture of air. Bromoform, an agent compara- tively new, from a therapeutic standpoint, has been suggested for whoo]3ing cough. Dr. Krieger has recently reported in the Texas Courier of Medicine (Jan., 1891), a number of cases successfully treated by this remedy. His method of administration has been to prescribe “ one or two drachms pure, and give one to four drops in a tea- spoonful of milk three to five times a day, according to age and severity of disease, and, moreover, to give sjDecial instructions that the last remnant be given from the spoon, as bromoform does not mix, but sinks to the bottom. A happy feature is its sweetness.” He claims that a majority of his cases were promptly controlled from the beginning and termin- ated favorably in from five to ten days.